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The ancient sacred Incan-Quechua, custom of gifting to the Pachamama (motherearth) and to the Apu (spirits of the mountains).

Gifts of seeds, nuts, herbs, cookies, incense, and "kintu's" - coca leaves (the Divine plant of the Incas) are arranged and then infused with prayers and sacred breath offered to the four directions, the Sky, Earth, and the Divine Within.

After completion of the offering the package is used to cleanse energies from the participants body and energy field by absorbing the heavy energy into the package. The package then transmutes the energy by releasing it ritually via ceremonially burning or burying the package within the motherearth.

This custom is similar to smudging in Native North American lore.